Re: a question of pronunciation



On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Michael L. Shire wrote:

> Sri Ramkrishna wrote:
> > 
> > > We're having a debate here concerning the pronunciation of GNOME... is it
> > > pronounced  NohME, or
> > > G-NohME (or Guh-NohME),  as if to emphasize the GNUness aspect?
> > 
> > In an interview, I understand it's G-NohME.  However, I never use that
> > pronuniciation, preferring the silent G.  Mostly because G-Nome, sounds
> > awkward to say.
> 
> when i see G-Nome, i think "genome" which doesn't sound too bad.

I've got a simple solution:
Miguel could record his voice, save it at wav file, put it somewhere (cvs
or web) and then everyone could hear how to pronounce it correctly.

 Cheers, Martin.

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